‘Wheel of Fortune’ Player Has Shady Reaction to Opponent’s Big Bankruptcy Blunder
Wheel of Fortune fans were left puzzled after a player blew a trip to Saint Lucia and arguably the game by repeatedly spinning for more letters on a near-finished prize puzzle instead of solving it, leading to a bankrupt. Adding insult to injury, the player who snagged the trip and won the game instead highlighted his mistake with a snarky comment.
On Tuesday, November 19’s episode, Arlando from Kansas City was making progress in a three-word “Places” prize puzzle, which ensured a trip destination to whoever won it. He kept spinning and landed on the $650 wedge. He picked a “P,” which was a big boost as each word started with a P.” Suddenly, the puzzle read as, “‘P_CTURE’-‘PERFECT’ ‘_E_C_ES.”
Surprisingly, he spun again instead of solving and landed on a $500 wedge. He picked an “H.” The puzzle now only had three letters missing. “Good call, there’s one of those,” host Ryan Seacrest assured.
With the prize within grasp, he spun once more. The wheel landed on the Bankrupt this time, and the audience moaned. Seacrest exclaimed, “I don’t know if it could get closer. Ugh!”
Miracle from Georgia did not revel in the misery. She made it a point to solve the puzzle immediately. As she did so, she emphasized how clearly he had laid out the answer for her, bluntly saying, “I have to solve it, Ryan.”
She correctly solved it as, “Picture Perfect Beaches,” winning her the lay-up trip to Saint Lucia worth $9,000. Arlando sheepishly looked her way as she was shamelessly giggling. The round was worth around $18,000 in total including the prize so it swayed the game and she’d go on to win the episode with $27,550.
After the tough break aired, a fan started a Reddit post infuriated by the player’s refusal to solve given it was a prize puzzle, and how he “gifted” it to Miracle.
“Arlando spinning instead of solving made me scream at my TV. Category: Place P_CTURE PERFECT _E_CHES Are you kidding me? During the prize puzzle?” the user wrote.
“Gave Miracle a nice $18k gift,” another fan replied.
“My wife and I screamed at the TV too. It was so obvious,” wrote a third.
“He got too greedy. Or didn’t know the answer,” argued a fourth.
A fifth agreed that the player may have simply not known it, “He didn’t know the answer.”
“We were pretty shocked,” wrote a sixth. “But then I was thinking maybe he just got in the groove of spinning, didn’t really, truly look at the puzzle, just kept spinning?? Like he just spun, would call a letter, look down spin again call a letter…”
“I wanted Miracle to get that puzzle and he had the chance and blew it,” wrote one more.
What did you think of the prize puzzle fail and Miracle’s interesting way of phrasing her solve? Let us know in the comments!
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Tell Ryan don't put hands in pants pockets. That pulls his jacket tight and looks terrible. Give him something to hold in his hands
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Personally wish they would get a different host all together. Ryan is getting too cocky as he moves up in the entertainment industry. I don't think he is a good fit @ all as Pat's replacement.
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I so agree get ur hands out of pockets RYAN.JUST AWFUL TO WATCH. ALSO WEAR SUITS AND TIES ONLY.NOT OPEN SHIRTS ETC.SO MESSY AND DISRESPECTFUL TO WATCH.
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I wish someone would tell him that..keep your hands out of your pockets
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I thought it was "Picture perfect peaches"!
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Then that p in peaches would have already be on the board. It helps to keep the category in mind too
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I feel you. At first so did I until I realized Vanna only turned over two P'S. Then I knew that wasn't possible & figured it out.
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He didn't know it, that's obvious.
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Happens a lot. Bankrupt shows up a lot more than statistically expected. So, solvent as soon as you see it.
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Solving a puzzle is not always as easy as you think. While it may be easy for those of us solving from our couch, it is very different for those actually playing the game with all of the action on the set.
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I think Miracle mispronounced a puzzle she won! The answer to what are you wearing was "Short Sleeve Shirt". I swear I heard her say "Short Sleeved Shirts"! Did anyone else pick up on this or am I wrong??
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I heard it also. Ryan messed up catching that one. Sorry not a fan of him to be a host on Wheel of Fortune. I think he tries to hard & is stuck on himself.
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Someone else mispronounced a puzzle a couple weeks ago. It was supposed to be “espresso” and the player said “espresso” and was given the puzzle. Bring pay back and keep the players in line.
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I think TV Insider's Darian Rusk has some issues with headlining his articles with misleading devisive and just plain far-reaching negative perceptions of comments on the TV shows he's writing about. Recently, it was headlining Jeopardy!'s Ken Jenning as "dissing" a contestant, which was such a wildly exaggerated comment that I had to take issue with it, but this particular Wheel of Fortune article just recalls an all to frequent click bait tactic of TV Insider's writers. And, Darian has proven he has no conscious for whose expense the "shady" references will affect, with headlining his articles with false and meanspirited implications.😡
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Greed or stupidity?
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Sometimes your mind just goes blank, I saw the show I wondered too, but I never judged him because I thought he was just trying to win more even though I thought it was odd. I think he just got stage struck remember he'll live with this the rest of his life we only saw it for 30 minutes.
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First can I say, I don't like Ryan taking over for Pat. Just doesn't seem to fit him this game. Anyway I was originally yelling at the TV myself, but then I think I realized he just really didn't know it.
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